Mail box support



Feb. 21, 1933. J. c. GOULD 1,898,875

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A Homey Feb. 21, 1933. J. C. GOULD MAIL BOX SUPPORT Filed March 17, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A Home y Patented Feb. 21, 1933 STATEfi JOSEPH C. GOULD, OF FARMEB CITY, ILLINOIS MAIL BOX SUPPORT Application filed March 17, 1931.

The invention relates to a mail box support particularly used for rural delivery purposes and has for its object to provide a structure which is exceedingly simple, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable,

sturdy, thoroughly eflicient and reliable in use, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of a support embodying the features of my invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof, and

Figure 4 is a front elevation of another embodiment of the invention.

Referring to the drawings in detail and first more particularly to the embodiment of the invention disclosed in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive it will be seen that numerals 5 denote a pair of angle iron legs adapted to be vertically disposed and to merge at their upper ends into bight 6 which terminate in horizontal. extensions 7. Across these extensions 7 are a plurality of rods 8 on which may be seated a conventional mail box. Diagonally crossing braces 10 are fixed to the legs 5 and these legs converge upwardly toward each other. Cross brace rods 11 have their lower ends secured to the legs 5 by the same means 12 which secure the upper ends of the braces 10 thereto and their upper ends are secured to the extensions 7 A prop 14 is secured to the intermediate portions of the braces 10 and inclines downwardly and away from the legs 5 terminating in a foot 15 which may be apertured so that a spike or the like may be driven into the ground to anchor the foot thereon.

Angle iron spikes 16 are bolted or otherwise fastened as at 17 in the lower portions of the legs 5 to extend below the lower ends thereof so as to be driven into the ground as is indicated to advantage in Figure 1.

Serial No. 523,319.

In Figure 4 I have shown a somewhat modified form of the invention particularly designed for supporting a plurality of rural delivery mail boxes. In this figure it will be seen that numerals 5 of vertical legs formed of angle iron which merge into horizontal extensions 7' across which are rods 8 on which the mail boxes are supported. Braces 10 are disposed between the legs 5 at Cross braces 11 are fastened to the legs 5 and to the extension 7'. Prop 14 is the same as the prople except that it is secured to the upper cross brace 10. In both embodiments it is permissible to secured to the extensions 7 or 7 therefrom and support hooks 21 for supporting parcels, such a tire, a box or the like that is such parcel post items as cannot be placed in the mail box.

It will be noted, that in both embodiments of the invention, extensions 7, 7 at their free ends terminate beyond the corresponding ends of the mail boxes, and are to depend to be used adapted to support in a horizontal position the door or doors of the boxes when said doors are swung to an opened position with respect to the box or boxes.

It is thought that the construction,

be quite apparent to those skilled art without a more detail thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention in this description has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

l. A mail box support of the class described comprising a number of uprights denote a plurality 55 right angles thereto. 60

use chains 20 utility and advantages of this invention will now so having their upper ends bent to form integral horizontal extensions, spikes connected with the lower ends of the uprights for penetrating the ground, cross pieces con- 5 necting together the horizontal extensions for supporting a mail box, cross pieces connecting the uprights together, a diagonal arranged brace having its upper end connecte with a cross piece of the upiights, 10 the lower end of the brace being nt to horizontal position and having a hole therein for receiving a spike for fastening the brace to the ground, chains depending from the extensions and hooks on the chains and 15 bolts for detachably connecting the cross pieces to those parts of the uprights to which they are connected.

2. A mail box support of the class described comprising a pair of angle iron up- 204 rights diverging downwardly and having their upper ends bent to form integral horizontal extensions, cross pieces bolted to the extensions, cross pieces bolted to the uprights, angle irons bolted to the lower ends 2 of the uprights and having their lower ends inted, a chain having its ends connected with the horizontal extensions intermediate the ends of said extensions and forming a depending loop and a hook connected to the 3m central part of the chain.

' In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOSEPH C. GOULD. 

